Author
Kathleen N. Hattrup
KATHLEEN N. HATTRUP is the spirituality/church editor at Aleteia.org and contributes to various other publications. Though originally a farm girl from the Midwest, she now lives with her family in Spain.
When Pope Francis talks about the poor, there is one element he insists upon repeatedly: Poor people, whether they are migrants, refugees, addicts, or the plain materially poor, are still simply people. People like you and me, like the pope…